Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Crown June 5, 2012 $25 432 pp. As she handed me “Gone Girl,” my friend smiled wickedly, said “this is deeply disturbing,” and warned me not to plan to get anything else done once I started reading it. Nick and Amy meet
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Putnam March 2013 $26.95 320 pp. Hesketh’s haunting, heartfelt first novel tells the story of Albert Honig, an elderly beekeeper who lives in Southern California. As the book opens, Albert comes upon the dead bodies of his longtime neighbors, Claire and Hilda;
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Posted February 06, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Scribner Book Company Dec. 4, 2012 $19.99 237 pp. Answer: “Because I Said So!” Question: “What do parents say when they are tired of answering the question, ‘Why?’ ” The title is so appropriate for this book, which is a compendium of
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Posted January 30, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Touchstone Books 1/22/13 $24.99 320 pp. We are nearing Super Bowl Sunday, and what do we look forward to the most? Yes, of course, those memorable commercials. Former ad man and New Yorker contributor John Kenny has written his debut novel about
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Posted January 23, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang William Morrow and Company 11/13/12 $ 22.99 192 pp. Oh, Willie, you clever scoundrel. You knew we would just have to read a book with a title like this. So I did, and here we go… This is a delightful, quick read
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Posted January 16, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Little Brown and Company Oct. 23, 2012 $30 720 pp. Every time Tom Wolfe takes on a sacred institution, such as New York City in “Bonfire of the Vanities” or higher education in “I Am Charlotte Simmons,” it’s a bit of an
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Posted January 09, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Harper Collins 5/22/2012 $24.99 226pp. The current trend in cookbooks is toward sumptuous tomes replete with tantalizing photographs. A new cookbook with just a few line drawings for illustration really has to stand on its own merits. “The United States of Pie”
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Posted January 02, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Reviewed by Fay Jones St. Martin’s Press February 2013 $24.99 336 pp. Julie Kibler’s debut novel tells the story of two women as they embark on a unique road trip. While traveling from Texas to Northern Kentucky, a compelling narrative unfolds, and the reader has the
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Posted December 26, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Random House Nov. 13, 2012 $35 800 pp. Another biography of Thomas Jefferson! Jon Meacham has written an authoritative, detailed biography of Jefferson, illuminating the politics and concerns of that time and the abilities of Mr. Jefferson to bend his personal ideals
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Posted December 19, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Penfield Books Aug. 28, 2012 $21.95 238 pp. Americans are notorious for the tendency to romanticize the “old country.” This tendency always made me wonder, “If the old country was so great, why did people leave?” Augusta’s Daughter by Judit Martin helped
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